6-13 October 2019
“Thinking habit” was an international training course that took place in Latvia between 6th and 13th of October, 2019. At this training course, we worked with youth workers to develop their critical thinking skills. We also created workshops to develop critical thinking in local communities. This training course was developed by Logos and Baltic Regional Fund and implemented within Skepsisframework. The project was made under Erasmus+ programme and supported by the Latvian National agency.
Project aim
Our aim was to increase critical thinking skills among youth leaders, youth workers and NGO activists and their stakeholders through learning about tools and methods to improve critical thinking and by creating tools and workshops which later would be used in local communities.
Objectives
- Increase critical thinking skill which is a relevant skill not only for civil society but for youngsters striving to be employed as well
- Improve quality of youth work in partner organisations through cooperation between them and/or other stakeholders within the Skepsis
- Promote active citizenship and and understanding of democratic processes through knowledge on critical thinking and media literacy
- Create tools and workshops about critical thinking for youth workers which can later be applied at local communities
- Fight fakes, propaganda, prejudice, misinformation,etc.
- Develop new activities within the Skepsis to have better continuation and spreading of ideas about critical thinking
How did it go
At the training course, we started with learning about basics of critical thinking and media literacy, diving into the world of fakes, biases, logical fallacies and conspiracy theories. After that participants developed their own ideas for workshops about critical thinking and media literacy. At the end of the training course, we made an open event open for external guests. At this event, attended by almost 50 people, we introduced the idea of Skepsis movement and presented workshops made by participants.